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Unit 1: Law, Justice, and You

Unit 1: Law, Justice, and You. Chapter 2 Ethics in Our Law. Lesson 2.2 . Reasoning About Right and Wrong. 2.2 Reasoning About Right and Wrong. Goals : Reason based on consequences Reason using ethical rules Consequence-based reasoning

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Unit 1: Law, Justice, and You

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  1. Unit 1: Law, Justice, and You Chapter 2 Ethics in Our Law

  2. Lesson 2.2 Reasoning About Right and Wrong

  3. 2.2 Reasoning About Right and Wrong • Goals: • Reason based on consequences • Reason using ethical rules • Consequence-based reasoning • Rightness or wrongness is based only on the results of the action • Recognizes that lying usually produces bad results • Ethical rules reasoning • Acts are either right or wrong • Lying is always wrong 3

  4. Ethical Reasoning Based on Consequences • Three steps: • Describe alternative actions (1) • Forecast consequences (2) • Evaluate consequences (3) 4

  5. Ethical Reasoning Based on Consequences • Describe alternative actions (1) • Actions that would improve the situation should be described • Evaluate alternatives 5

  6. Ethical Reasoning Based on Consequences • Forecast consequences (2) • The consequences of each alternative must be described • Predict the future 6

  7. Ethical Reasoning Based on Consequences • Evaluate consequences (3) • The consequences for each alternative must be evaluated • Standard for judging consequences as right or wrong • The Good: the primary goal toward which human life should be directed • Counting the persons affected 7

  8. beauty knowledge justice love goals liberty power truth pleasure THE GOOD 8

  9. Fundamental Ethical Rules • The acts themselves are judged as right or wrong • Standard for judging comes from • A recognized authority or • Human reasoning 9

  10. Fundamental Ethical Rules • Decisions based on authority • The law • Religious text • Decisions based on reasoning • Universalizing—picturing in your mind’s eye everyone in the world doing the action to decide if something is basically wrong • Is it irrational, illogical, or self-defeating? 10

  11. Think About Legal Concepts • Page 24 1.True 2.a 3.True 4.True 5.The Good 6.True 11

  12. Review: 2.2 Reasoning About Right and Wrong • Goals: • Reason based on consequences • Reason using ethical rules • Consequence-based reasoning • Rightness or wrongness is based only on the results of the action • Recognizes that lying usually produces bad results • Ethical rules reasoning • Acts are either right or wrong • Lying is always wrong 12

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